Polarizations of J/ψand ψ' in hadroproduction at Tevatron in the k_t factorization approach

Abstract

We present a calculation for the polarizations of $J/ψ$ and $ψ'$ produced in the hadron collisions at the Fermilab Tevatron. Various color octet channels including ${}^1S_0^{(8)}$, ${}^3P_J^{(8)}$, and ${}^3S_1^{(8)}$ as well as contributions from $χ_{cJ}$ decays are considered in the $k_t$ factorization approach. We find that in a rather wide range of the transverse momenta of $J/ψ$ and $ψ'$, the production rates could be dominated by the ${}^1S_0^{(8)}$ channel, and the predicted polarizations from the ${}^1S_0^{(8)}$ channel and $χ_{cJ}$ feeddown contributions are roughly compatible with the preliminary CDF data. This might provide a possible release from the conflict between the NRQCD collinear parton model calculations and the CDF data.